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We have recessed mirror cabinets (although yet to fit them). Not sure where they came from as the better half bought them. I’ll try and find out and let you know.

looks pissed to me

yes indeed. and i was inspired by the buildup from MBC which was on their website. yes but, for me, it was a cost i couldn't justify so late in the build as our budget has well and truly gone out of the window. 2"x1" battens can split but we piloted and countersunk every single batten. i bought a cheap table drill and we setup a system from chop saw to drill which worked quite nicely.

not got any concrete above ground! and for the basement i'll probably metal frame the walls so will all be plasterboarded anyway.

not really very wife friendly on appearance though

you've really gotta go with what your sparky wants tbh. but take a look at https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Technical/Charts/VoltageDrop.html and you can calculate the minimum cable size for the distance of cable.

I 100% do! see my previous post stating

i look forward to seeing how it looks in your kitchen

2 x ovens for cooking meals in. also one child has an allergy so for some foods we need to cook separately. 1 x microwave. then 3 ovens wouldn't look right so to even it out we got a steam oven as well. makes everything look aligned and appeals to our compulsive natures.

10mm to the induction hob (11kW iirc) for us and 2.5mm feed for each oven (yes 4 cables!). Each will have an isolation switch in a kitchen unit.

Happy wife, happy life.

ours is done.

when will it be finished?

yeah. i tried to use as few joints as possible and any joints i did use are in the room. so it's solid hep2o from manifold to room. sometimes it just wasn't possible to bend the hep2o.

that's actually what we did for most of them as i already had cables and pipe run when i found out about the 300mm centres. 400mm might be ok but maybe check with the manufacturer of your chosen backer board, or with your tiler as i'm sure they'll have the experience to know.

the 20mm backer board is making it harder for you i think as that's an extra 8mm you need to bring the socket out by. we noggined at 300mm centres and used 12mm backer board. it wasn't too painful to do tbh. not sure on the price difference between 12mm and 20mm and then the cost of the timber.

here's how i did mine. hep2o to copper just felt right and it's solid. i'm sure @Pocster won't agree with it though.

think the discussion starts about here the thread does move quite quickly sometimes.....unlike me most of the time! 😆

Way too late for you but we put 18mm ply along the kitchen walls to ensure there was something to fix to. maybe on the next one?

I tried to get the elbow to finish a few mm back from the finished tile face which was recommended on a thread on here.

we held up our riser bar while we were both standing in the area and said 'about there will do'. very scientific! for our iBox controls we were a bit dictated by the noggin in the timber wall at about 1200mm and I couldn't be bothered to move it so we plumped for the controls to be at about 1100mm. seems about right for us but we're all pretty short! 😆

is it worth the extra for the Honeywell wiring centre in your opinion? https://www.cityplumbing.co.uk/p/honeywell-home-wiring-centre-230-v-42005748-001/p/834330

thanks. I've ordered one. seemed to tick all the right boxes. if it doesn't then Amazon's return policy will be utilised!

we have a thin screed. 50mm liquid cemfloor. and this is just to keep the temperature ticking over so I don't have to manually turn it on and off or keep monitoring it. just want to keep the house at around 19°C for the winter so when I'm working out there I'm not freezing my nether regions.

I guess I could go for the official Mitsubishi transmitter/receiver combo. https://www.saturnsales.co.uk/Ecodan-Wireless-Transmitter-PAR-WT50R-E -Receiver-PAR-WR51R-E.html. should be plug and play and will then turn the pump on. I guess the issue would be how do I then get the single pump to turn on the required floors motorised valve. damn. maybe that won't work then